“If men would only take the chances of doing right because it is right, instead of the immediate certainty of the advantage of doing wrong, how much happier would their lives be.” IfsMenLife IsChanceAdvantageCertaintyDoing Right Book:Benjamin Robert Haydon: Correspondence and Table-talk Source: Benjamin Robert Haydon: Correspondence and Table-talk
“No man, perhaps, is so wicked as to commit evil for its own sake. Evil is generally committed under the hope of some advantage the pursuit of virtue seldom obtains. Yet the most successful result of the most virtuous heroism is never without its alloy.” MenEvilResultsVirtueSuccessfulAdvantageSakeCommittedPursuitCommitWickedVirtuousHeroism Author:Benjamin Haydon